HighlightsPermian rigs climb five to 258 Operators eye growth in basin Gas rigs just 5% below pre-pandemic levels The US oil and gas rig count climbed four to 603 in the week ended Aug. 4 […]
ExxonMobil pumped 400,000 b/d of oil equivalent from the Permian Basin in Q2 021, which it aims to increase by 40,000 boe/d in Q3 through continued operating efficiencies, the company said July 30. Jack Williams, […]
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Recently completed pipeline projects in Texas and Mexico have increased natural gas transportation capacity from the Waha Hub—located near Permian Basin production activities in West Texas—to the U.S. Gulf Coast and Mexico. Since […]
U.S. independent Cimarex Energy Co. has agreed to sell some of its Midcontinent properties, including a pair of natural gas gathering and processing facilities, to privately held BCE-Mach III LLC for an undisclosed amount. Under […]
Vitol Group is buying Hunt Oil Co.’s Permian Basin business as the biggest independent crude trader makes a major move into the world’s busiest shale patch. The deal includes 44,000 acres across five counties in the […]
After the number of drilled but uncompleted wells demonstrated a dramatic drop across multiple US basins in the past year, heightened drilling activity and stable commodity prices are starting to reveal a recovery of young […]
Two years ago, Pioneer Natural Resources was reversing course and retrenching after Wall Street soured on the Irving-based oil and gas company. “The market clearly isn’t paying for your business model,” one analyst said while another complained […]
Pioneer Natural Resources is buying its neighbor in the Midland Basin, making it the largest producer in the Permian Basin. Irving-based Pioneer is using a combination of its own stock, cash and debt to purchase […]
ENB Publishers Note: Early thoughts – high price for only 9,000 BOEPD but with large available drillable sites left, this deal looks to be a gamble on lease costs going up over the next few […]
Last year, BP Plc called on Texas regulators to take bold action to stamp out the routine flaring of natural gas, a harmful environmental practice that’s drawn increasing scrutiny from investors. Yet on Tuesday, it was BP’s […]
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